Landivisiau

Landivisiau (French pronunciation: [lɑ̃divizjo]; Breton: Landivizio) is a commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in north-western France. The journalist Luc Le Vaillant, winner of the 1998 Albert Londres Prize was born in Landivisiau. Landivisiau is twinned with Bideford in north Devon.

Landivisiau Landivizio
Commune
The church in Landivisiau
Flag Coat of arms
Location of Landivisiau
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Coordinates: 48°30′36″N 4°04′01″W
Country	France
Region	Brittany
Department	Finistère
Arrondissement	Morlaix
Canton	Landivisiau
Intercommunality	Pays de Landivisiau
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Laurence Claisse[1]
Area 1	18.98 km2 (7.33 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	9,197
• Density	480/km2 (1,300/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	29105 /29400
Elevation	32–126 m (105–413 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Geography

Climate

Landivisiau has an oceanic climate (Köppen climate classification Cfb). The average annual temperature in Landivisiau is 11.3 °C (52.3 °F). The average annual rainfall is 1,165.1 mm (45.87 in) with December as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 16.8 °C (62.2 °F), and lowest in February, at around 6.5 °C (43.7 °F). The highest temperature ever recorded in Landivisiau was 39.5 °C (103.1 °F) on 18 July 2022; the coldest temperature ever recorded was −9.1 °C (15.6 °F) on 13 January 1987.

Climate data for Landivisiau (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1966–present)
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Record high °C (°F)	16.8 (62.2)	21.3 (70.3)	23.8 (74.8)	27.0 (80.6)	29.6 (85.3)	33.0 (91.4)	39.3 (102.7)	35.3 (95.5)	31.3 (88.3)	28.3 (82.9)	21.5 (70.7)	19.0 (66.2)	39.3 (102.7)
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)	9.4 (48.9)	9.8 (49.6)	11.7 (53.1)	13.7 (56.7)	16.5 (61.7)	18.9 (66.0)	20.7 (69.3)	20.9 (69.6)	19.2 (66.6)	15.9 (60.6)	12.3 (54.1)	10.0 (50.0)	14.9 (58.9)
Daily mean °C (°F)	6.9 (44.4)	6.9 (44.4)	8.4 (47.1)	9.9 (49.8)	12.6 (54.7)	15.1 (59.2)	16.9 (62.4)	17.0 (62.6)	15.3 (59.5)	12.7 (54.9)	9.6 (49.3)	7.5 (45.5)	11.6 (52.8)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)	4.4 (39.9)	4.1 (39.4)	5.1 (41.2)	6.1 (43.0)	8.7 (47.7)	11.2 (52.2)	13.0 (55.4)	13.1 (55.6)	11.5 (52.7)	9.5 (49.1)	6.9 (44.4)	4.9 (40.8)	8.2 (46.8)
Record low °C (°F)	−9.1 (15.6)	−6.9 (19.6)	−5.7 (21.7)	−1.8 (28.8)	−1.0 (30.2)	3.0 (37.4)	5.8 (42.4)	6.3 (43.3)	3.5 (38.3)	−2.5 (27.5)	−7.6 (18.3)	−8.3 (17.1)	−9.1 (15.6)
Average precipitation mm (inches)	140.2 (5.52)	115.8 (4.56)	77.9 (3.07)	84.6 (3.33)	72.2 (2.84)	63.0 (2.48)	64.1 (2.52)	65.7 (2.59)	72.5 (2.85)	118.0 (4.65)	135.2 (5.32)	151.2 (5.95)	1,160.4 (45.68)
Average precipitation days (≥ 1 mm)	17.4	15.1	13.3	12.7	10.2	9.2	10.6	10.1	10.6	15.1	17.3	18.1	159.7
Mean monthly sunshine hours	60.3	73.8	110.3	142.9	170.5	183.1	168.5	165.1	154.3	105.0	68.2	61.6	1,463.4
Source: Météo France (sun 1991-2009)[3]

Landivisiau Naval Air Base

Landivisiau is home to the Landivisiau Naval Air Base [fr]. A squadron of 25× Air-Sol Moyenne Portée nuclear armed Rafale M from the French Navy is based at Landivisiau.^[4]

International relations

It is twinned with Bideford in the southwest of the United Kingdom and Bad Sooden-Allendorf in Hesse, Germany.

Population

Inhabitants of Landivisiau are called in French Landivisiens.

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 2,360 —     1800 2,124 −1.49% 1806 2,690 +4.02% 1821 2,547 −0.36% 1831 2,853 +1.14% 1836 3,031 +1.22% 1841 3,217 +1.20% 1846 3,482 +1.60% 1851 3,420 −0.36% 1856 3,304 −0.69% 1861 3,317 +0.08% 1866 3,211 −0.65%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1872 3,203 −0.04% 1876 3,359 +1.20% 1881 3,706 +1.99% 1886 4,002 +1.55% 1891 4,079 +0.38% 1896 4,240 +0.78% 1901 4,354 +0.53% 1906 4,385 +0.14% 1911 4,713 +1.45% 1921 4,647 −0.14% 1926 4,544 −0.45% 1931 4,543 −0.00%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1936 4,518 −0.11% 1946 5,445 +1.88% 1954 4,926 −1.24% 1962 5,583 +1.58% 1968 6,174 +1.69% 1975 7,605 +3.02% 1982 7,964 +0.66% 1990 8,254 +0.45% 1999 8,751 +0.65% 2007 8,831 +0.11% 2012 9,131 +0.67% 2017 9,132 +0.00%
Source: EHESS[5] and INSEE (1968-2017)[6]

Breton language

In 2008, 7.11% of primary-school children attended bilingual schools, where Breton language is taught alongside French.^[7]

See also

• Communes of the Finistère department
• List of the works of Bastien and Henry Prigent
• Maurice Le Scouëzec